Woburn police log for April 23 to 28

The following are excerpts from the Woburn police log for April 23 to 28. The log is public record and available for review at the Woburn Police Department.

Staff reports

The following are excerpts from the Woburn police log for April 23 to 28. The log is public record and available for review at the Woburn Police Department. All persons are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.

Tuesday, April 23

4:27 p.m., Mishawum Road, credit card fraud under $250. A man reported two fraudulent purchases were made using his debit card totaling $92.

4:33 p.m., Locust Street, criminal harassment. A woman reported being harassed by her ex-boyfriend. They broke up about a month ago and since then he has come to her house uninvited and harassed her on the phone. Police called the man and informed him the woman could take out a restraining order if he continues contacting her. He told police he would stop.

8:16 p.m., Alfred Street, well-being check. Wilmington police reported a man and a woman in a vehicle having an argument and heading toward Woburn. Police went to the home of the driver. He and his girlfriend told police it was a verbal argument and the man was flailing his arms.

Wednesday, April 24

5:43 p.m., Creston Avenue, domestic incident. A man reported his ex-wife threatened him via text message. Police determined this was a two-sided argument and told the man he could seek a no harassment order in court.

Thursday, April 25

7:51 a.m., Salem Street, civil matter. A man reported he dropped off his vehicle, a 1967 Pontiac GTO, at Chop Shop Customs on Salem Street to have some work done. He went back to the shop recently to find it out of business and his vehicle gone. The shop owner told police he filed for bankruptcy and the vehicle was locked up. Police told the owner the vehicle was not his property and to return it. He then contacted the vehicle’s owner to set up a time to do so.

10:18 a.m., Skyview Drive, larceny over $250. A woman reported she hired a contractor to redo her kitchen. She has paid him $3,500 so far and does not like the work. She told him she would not give him any more money until he fixed the work he had already done. The contractor was last at the house in March to pick up his tools. The woman also has a civil court case against him.

11:36 a.m., Pleasant Street, breaking and entering a vehicle daytime for felony, larceny over $250. A woman reported her purse, containing a laptop and prescription medications, was stolen from her vehicle the previous day. No damage was done to the vehicle.

11:48 a.m., Montvale Avenue, breaking and entering nighttime for felony. An employee at the American Chinese Art Society reported two men broke into the office early in the morning. The employee showed police surveillance footage of two men breaking in through a basement window. The men wore masks and gloves and searched the building until an alarm went off and they fled out the same window they came in. Nothing was stolen from the building.

Friday, April 26

11:18 a.m., Auburn Street, malicious damage to a motor vehicle. A woman reported her vehicle was vandalized with purple spray paint overnight while parked in front of her home.

11:53 a.m., Jefferson Avenue, tagging property. An employee at George’s Auto Body reported someone spray painted the word "loudpack" on the building in purple. Police noted it was the same color used in the car vandalism on Auburn Street.

4:43 p.m., Mishawum Road, larceny under $250. An employee at Colonial Liquors reported someone stole two bundles of crushed cans worth $250 from behind the building four days ago. Surveillance footage showed a white man with a long beard driving a red pickup truck take the bundles.

Saturday, April 27

3:32 a.m., Inwood Drive, domestic incident. Police responded to a report of a man and woman arguing. The man told police he went out with friends and came home later than expected. Police determined the argument was only verbal and the couple agreed to go to bed.

2:10 p.m., Commerce Way, larceny over $250. A man reported he left his iPad at the checkout of the Lowe’s Home Improvement store and when he returned it was gone.

6:24 p.m., Montvale Avenue, marked/injured/defaced/destruction/vandalism of property. A woman reported a windshield wiper on her vehicle was bent up while parked outside her home.

9:35 p.m., Center Street, marked/injured/defaced/destruction/vandalism of property. A man reported someone threw a rock through the window and screen of his living room. The rock hit a wall in the home and left a hole there. The man went outside and saw another man with a ponytail wearing a hooded sweatshirt nearby. Police could not find that man and the reporting party said he didn’t know anyone who would want to vandalize his property.

Sunday, April 28

9:03 p.m., Commerce Way, larceny from person. A woman reported her purse was stolen from her unattended shopping cart at Target. Inside the purse were credit cars and a tablet computer.

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